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re·ject  (r-jkt)
tr.v. re·ject·ed, re·ject·ing, re·jects
1. To refuse to accept, submit to, believe, or make use of.
2. To refuse to consider or grant; deny.
3. To refuse to recognize or give affection to (a person).
4. To discard as defective or useless; throw away. See Synonyms at refuse1.
5. To spit out or vomit.
6. Medicine To resist immunologically the introduction of (a transplanted organ or tissue); fail to accept as part of one's own body.
n. (rjkt)
One that has been rejected: a reject from the varsity team; a tire that is a reject.

[Middle English rejecten, from Latin ricere, riect- : re-, re- + iacere, to throw; see y- in Indo-European roots.]

re·jecter, re·jector n.
re·jective adj.

reject
vb [rɪˈdʒɛkt] (tr)
1. to refuse to accept, acknowledge, use, believe, etc.
2. to throw out as useless or worthless; discard
3. to rebuff (a person)
4. (Medicine) (of an organism) to fail to accept (a foreign tissue graft or organ transplant) because of immunological incompatibility
n [ˈriːdʒɛkt]
something rejected as imperfect, unsatisfactory, or useless
[from Latin rēicere to throw back, from re- + jacere to hurl]
rejectable  adj
rejecter , rejector n
rejection  n
rejective  adj

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